Limehouse Lady - Tapa blanda

Limehouse Lady

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: USED_GOOD. First Thus. 385 pages. 210 grams. This book is in good condition marked only by old pricing, in pencil, on first page; light wear to cover. 'Life in 1920s Limehouse is hard for orphan Moira O'Malley. Abandoned to the tender care of Flo Williamson, the boozing and brawling landlady of Jordan Lodge, Moira is raised as a skivvy in one of the toughest parts of London. But Flo shows her a certain rough affection at times, and lodger Stavros Sella, tries to educate Moira into the Lady of Limehouse she someday hopes to be. Then Flo brings home two other waifs, a terrified young Chinese woman and her strangely silent young daughter. Moira is soon close to her fellow refugees, for so River Pearl and young Jade turn out to be; they are in flight from a deadly blood feud in their native land which threatens to put all the inhabitants of Jordan Lodge in jeopardy. This only confirms young Moira's fears of the world outside Flo's gates, particularly of the men who lurk there; men like Dave Dilley, the fish-fryer, who has shown an unhealthy interest in her thirteen-year-old self. The years pass on, and Moira becomes a beautiful young girl. Both rich Yani Bertos and Conor MacCluskey, a poor but talented artist, are drawn to her. But Moira's deep rooted terror of men puts a barrier up against her prospects of true love. She fears that she is doomed to feel alone and afraid. So it takes considerable courage on Moira's part to take charge of young Jade when River Pearl disappears. But she has promised her friend to protect her little girl with her life and this she is determined to do. In the end, it may be greatness of heart and lioness-like courage rather than fine clothes and well-kept hands, which transform an orphan of no account into a Limehouse Lady.' 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction, Historical; ISBN: 074993400X. ISBN/EAN: 9780749934002. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001518. Nº de ref. del artículo: 001518

Contactar al vendedor